Obama names activist to head Bureau of Consumer Protection

Filed under: People Those who are convinced that President Obama is anti-business will probably shout “Aha!” when they see his choice for the new head of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. David C. Vladeck is a long-time part of the legal team for Public Citizen , a not-for-profit group that was founded to “represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts.” And represent it does . Its successes in the past decade include: Fighting the drug industry’s claim

of immunity from lawsuits in Michigan Defending New York’s new fast-food calorie disclosure rule Eliminating a loophole in the 2007 mandatory fuel standards legislation Fighting the move to repeal estate taxes on the very wealthy Continue reading Obama names activist to head Bureau of Consumer Protection Obama names activist to head Bureau of Consumer Protection originally appeared on Daily Finance on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:30:00 EST. Money. Finance|Finance|Finance|Finance

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